Humane approach should be taken on release of Rajiv case convicts: Tamilisai Sounderrajan

Tirupati: Making a guarded response to AIADMK's decision to remit the sentence of life imprisonment of seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, BJP's Tamil Nadu unit today said a "humane approach" should be take on their incarceration period, but it should be within the legal framework.

Party's State unit President Tamilisai Sounderrajan also charged the government with not taking a "firm decision" when there was time earlier. Speaking to reporters here, she underlined her party's stand that not a single culprit should be spared while no innocent should be punished.

"One has to take a humane approach while looking at the time spent by them (the seven convicts) in jail but everything should be within the legal framework," she said after paying obeisance at the Lord Venkateswara Temple here.